Stolen RD Taylor rod

[Salar4me]

Awesome heads up Vaughan!

[dale]

Awesome heads up Vaughan!

thumbs up

Dale

[barebo]

The ebay listing states that it is in Indiana? Something "fishy" going on here. No pun intended. Please keep us posted and best of luck getting this resolved with a positive outcome.

[Hellmtflies]

I sure hope this turns out like it should.

X2

X's 3. We'll keep our eyes pealed.

[PYochim]

Hopefully the low-life who stole your rod will get what he has coming to him (or her).

[WNCtroutstalker]

Thank goodness for serial numbers.

[toothybugs]

Someone just bought themselves a felony.

[ibookje]

What a horrible idea that your rod is being offered on eBay!
Won’t eBay stop this?

[Bill Charles]

Actually if you look at the seller's items for sale it might be a pawn shop with an Ebay account.

I think you will get your rod back. I don't know how it works in the US, but here in Canada the regs are pretty strict about selling stolen property.

[barebo]

New message from: tabbyartie (28,735 )

thank u. no we dont have a reel. not sure when it was made. our price is high because bob taylor went out of business and you cant buy them anymore & we are the only ones who have it for sale anywhere. you are welcome to make an offer and we will consider it.

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Make an offer



I sent a few "questions" to the seller. This is the reply.

[Dave in Maine]

Nice of him to admit having it. That will make the postal inspectors' job all the easier.

BTW - it's the postal inspectors you should get involved on this. They often don't have enough to do, so they are inclined to respond more quickly.

[Shrimpman]

Nicely done, barebo!

[rsagebrush]

It will be interesting to see how this is resolved. I hope the property is recovered.

[barebo]

Not wanting to throw a "monkey wrench" into the process/investigation, but actually seeing the exact serial number in the listing prompted me to get a confirmation and for all intents and purposes, it seems like the rod listed is the one pilfered.

[Cane Head]

The thing is to not bombard the seller with tons of questions from folks thinking they are being helpful. Doing so raises a red flag to the seller. Which could make the rod quickly vanish. As long as the Authorities know it is on EBay, they will work through EBay which has a good history of assisting law enforcement in these types of matters.

Cane

[GerardH]

The thing is to not bombard the seller with tons of questions from folks thinking they are being helpful. Doing so raises a red flag to the seller. Which could make the rod quickly vanish. As long as the Authorities know it is on EBay, they will work through EBay which has a good history of assisting law enforcement in these types of matters.

Cane

This. Don't do anything to blow it for the investigation and the return of the rod to the rightful owner....best to keep a low profile and watch it play out from behind the scenes.

I have to give out kudos to Vaughanwilson3022...to spot the rod and recall a year-old thread is quite remarkable.

Hoping for a happy outcome.

[MGrallert]

The thing is to not bombard the seller with tons of questions from folks thinking they are being helpful. Doing so raises a red flag to the seller. Which could make the rod quickly vanish. As long as the Authorities know it is on EBay, they will work through EBay which has a good history of assisting law enforcement in these types of matters.

Cane

This. Don't do anything to blow it for the investigation and the return of the rod to the rightful owner....best to keep a low profile and watch it play out from behind the scenes.

I have to give out kudos to Vaughanwilson3022...to spot the rod and recall a year-old thread is quite remarkable.

Hoping for a happy outcome.

This is very encouraging to see. After a year the rod has surfaced. So far so good.

[PYochim]

It just makes me wonder how many others are using eBay to fence stolen items.

[wrong66]

Thousands, I'm sure. The numbers are probably staggering.

[NewUtahCaneAngler]

Here are my thoughts after half of a Manhattan:

1. Why hasn't this thread been locked after VW brought it to our attention? Discussing ANY eBay auction is not allowed.

2. Can we - moderators - create a new subforum where stolen/"missing" items can be posted so that we can aid forum members in: a) recovering legally owned property, and 2) allowing forum members to cross reference against this database prior to purchasing a potentially hot item?

Now back to the other half before it gets warm

Cheers,
Joe